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Clinton accuses Iran of seeking to intimidate
ap ^ | 3/4/09 | ap

Posted on 03/04/2009 2:51:45 PM PST by Flavius

BRUSSELS – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton swiped hard at Iran on Wednesday, accusing its hardline leaders of fomenting divisions in the Arab world, promoting terrorism, posing threats to Israel and Europe, and seeking to "intimidate as far as they think their voice can reach."

Her remarks, at the conclusion of two days of talks in Egypt, Israel and the West Bank, were notable for coming from an Obama administration that has raised the prospect of diplomatic engagement with Iran as part of a new direction in U.S. foreign policy.

In remarks to reporters aboard her plane en route from Ramallah to Brussels, Belgium, Clinton said that in her talks with Arab foreign ministers and other leaders she heard "over and over and over again" a deep-seated worry about threats posed by the Iranians.

"It is clear that Iran intends to interfere with the internal affairs of all of these people and try to continue their efforts to fund terrorism, whether it's Hezbollah or Hamas or other proxies," she said.

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1 posted on 03/04/2009 2:51:45 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

Her footsies were rubbed improperly. I guess she has to wear the man coat again.


2 posted on 03/04/2009 2:54:42 PM PST by allmost
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To: Flavius
Uh, wait a minute!!! Wasn't Bush eviscerated for making brash comments about Iran?
3 posted on 03/04/2009 2:54:55 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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To: Flavius

“U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton swiped hard at Iran on Wednesday, accusing its hardline leaders of fomenting divisions in the Arab world, promoting terrorism, posing threats to Israel and Europe, and seeking to “intimidate as far as they think their voice can reach.”

Damn Hillary you ARE one of the smartest people in America.


4 posted on 03/04/2009 2:55:49 PM PST by Cyman
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To: Flavius

The question is will she do anything about it?

She also needs a history lesson. They have been divided for 1400 years. Sunnis vs. Shiites.


5 posted on 03/04/2009 2:55:49 PM PST by Islaminaction
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To: SoldierDad

We finally understood that we were abandoned — in danger and without protection.”

by Akoyo


6 posted on 03/04/2009 2:56:01 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius
Main Entry: 2 flail Function: verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1 a: to strike with or as if with a flail b: to move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail 2: to thresh (grain) with a flail intransitive verb : to move, swing, or beat like a flail
7 posted on 03/04/2009 2:58:03 PM PST by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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To: Flavius

Seeking to intimidate? No.

Seeking to annihilate? Yes.


8 posted on 03/04/2009 2:58:55 PM PST by Hazwaste (Liberals love the average American the same way that foxes love the average chicken.)
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To: Flavius

Is this just for show, I wonder?


9 posted on 03/04/2009 3:00:55 PM PST by Lucky9teen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. And SOON!!!)
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To: Flavius

Thank you for that incisive analysis, SecState Obvious.


10 posted on 03/04/2009 3:03:47 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Flavius

So when is Odumbo going to sit down with the Iranian Pres. like he said he wanted to do?


11 posted on 03/04/2009 3:08:43 PM PST by what's up
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To: Flavius

They know as well as we do that Hillary and her Familiar Obama are mere jokes.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious.


12 posted on 03/04/2009 3:10:39 PM PST by dforest
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To: Flavius; Beckwith; LucyT; F15Eagle; wardaddy
Shrillary has her paties in a twist. What did she think the Iranians would do, roll over for her and vomit daisies?

Buahahahahahahahaha!

I would laugh more except that a nuclear device is now under construction and soon to be used by the Iranians.

Hillery just is NOT in that league.

MAybe she will stamp her feet and pre-emptivelty strike them with a flurry of curses and Hecate like spells.

"Pizmo," she intones defensively, as the enriched uranium goes into the hopper!


13 posted on 03/04/2009 3:14:46 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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To: Lucky9teen
Here's what it's for: Obama has no clue about what to do with Iran...Heck, far greater minds than his don't know what to do with Iran. So they have Hillary out there taking a “hard line”, which is just what Bush did...hoping that somehow, this time will be different. Well, yes, they will be different...this time, Iran will likely take a swipe at us...how about an EMP nuke at 15,000 feet over Nebraska, launched from a nondescript cargo vessel off the Atlantic coast...How's that for Iran being a “tiny country”?
14 posted on 03/04/2009 3:20:37 PM PST by majormaturity
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To: Candor7

The Peter Principle is the principle that “In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.”


15 posted on 03/04/2009 3:21:16 PM PST by LucyT
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To: LucyT
Then there is Occam's razor, and poor Shrillary is on the wrong side of it, and that's going some!

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, roughly translated as "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity."

(A superficially simple phenomenon may have a complex mechanism behind it. A simple explanation would be simplistic if it failed to capture all the essential and relevant parts.)

Hillary is trying to go agaist this rule and the result is idiocy for all to see.

16 posted on 03/04/2009 3:32:53 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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To: Flavius

Will Hillary discover steam next?


17 posted on 03/04/2009 3:43:51 PM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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